The Perspectives Podcast

Richard, a creative producer, videographer, and husband to our friend Kirby Kelly joins us. Richard shares the story of how he became interested and involved in photography, growing from photography to videography, how he met and pursued Kirby, moving his career to Texas, and how he's balanced his career and relationship in his first year of marriage.   We discuss social media potentially degradin...

Josue and Chase sit down to talk about the benefits and keys of brotherly accountability and recap their time hosting our friends Chaz Smith, Montell Fish, Dante Lee, and Austin Cochran here in Dallas. We discuss the trust and vulnerability needed for accountability to be beneficial, accountability being most beneficial when it's with the same people on a consistent basis, accountability keeping y...

Derek, a creative, artist, producer, and Founder of Creative Culture Co joins us. Derek shares the story and the heart behind Creative Culture Co, a label under Integrity Music, his thoughts on Christian leadership, how he operated while on tour with nonbelievers, how God gave him his start in Christian music, and a recent philanthropic project he is a part of.   We discuss protecting your vision,...

Josue and Chase sit down and discuss Christian leadership. We discuss the characteristics of a Christian leader, some ways that we can all grow as leaders, and how they were displayed in the life of David.   YouTube:  The Perspectives Podcast Website:  perspectivesworldwide.org IG:  @PerspectivesWorldwide Josue IG:  @ButtermanJosue Chase IG:  @Whereischasebrown Grayson IG:  @GraysonHuskey (Edited...

Joel, a childhood friend of Chase's, an engineer, and native of Uganda joins us. Joel shares the story of his family moving to the United States, what it was like getting thrown into Colleyville lifestyle, how friendships made his transition easier, his thoughts on the effects of social media around the world, and what American and Uganda cultures could learn from one another.   We discuss how Joe...

Alicja, a Christian therapy/counseling student and native of Germany joins us. Alicja shares memories and stories from her childhood in Germany, moving to the States, being raised in a German/Nigerian household, when she started embracing her differences, and the role that mental health and therapy can have in a Christian's life.   We discuss the uniquenesses of Nigerian and German cultures, the l...

Jeremiah, Founder & Creative Director of Elyon clothing brand and Co-Founder of Two or More men's group joinsus. Jeremiah shares his experience of growing up in an Nigerian household, his thoughts on creativity and fashion, the message behind Elyon, how Two or More started, and the vision for both Elyon and Two or More.   We discuss your fashion being able to speak for you, creative depth and symb...

Our LA Trip Squad - Josue, Chase, Grayson, Alex, and Yvann sit down on the last night of the trip to share their favorite and the funniest stories from our time in LA. We discuss what God showed us on the trip, the incremental way God works through relationships and networking, God's timing on the trip, the balance of creative time and serving time, embracing the process, and the love we have for...

Hanna, an amazing, talented photographer and daughter of Ethiopian parents joins us. Yvann, our first ever guest and close friend, co-hosts this fun conversation with Josue. Hanna shares her experience of growing up in an Ethiopian household, when she started to embrace her culture, how her culture and personality mixed, appreciating her identity and heritage, common expectations in an African fam...

Pelaiah, a native of Zimbabwe and friend of Chase and Josue joins us. Yvann, our first ever guest and close friend, co-hosts this fun conversation with Josue. Pelaiah, Yvann, and Josue each share their stories of moving to America in 2002, interacting with parts of American culture for the first time, adopting different parts of the American lifestyle, the role of their parents in childhood, and w...

Tyrone, a local Community Organizer/Leader in LA and Founder of It's Bigger Than Us joins us for this episode. Tyrone shares his mother's impact during his childhood in South Central LA, his motivation of loving and serving his community, how his time at ORU shaped his perspective, and the love story behind It's Bigger Than Us.   We discuss How to find joy and enjoy life in the midst of being awar...

Chaz, a Youtuber, influencer, and content creator joins us. Chaz shares his struggles with apathy at different times in life as an entrepreneur, how he's grown in sonship to the Father, how we could use humor to navigate tough conversations, and seeing God at a Cici's pizza. (Chaz might just freestyle in this episode as well but you'll just have to listen to find out)   We discuss how 2020, throug...

Pat, Co-Founder of Lord's Child and Manager of Montell Fish, ISLY, and Hulvey, joins us. Pat shares his story, his start in the Christian music and apparel industries, how he balances entrepreneurship and relationships in life, and the heart behind "Camp Lukewarm".   We discuss how to partner with your spouse well in business endeavors, how to protect time with your family, the blessing and curse...

Hey Ya'll! We're excited to announce the launch of our YouTube Channel for the podcast! All of our episodes going forward will be available on YouTube, with almost all future episodes being in audio and video. Link to the channel is down below. We hope you enjoy!   YouTube: The Perspectives Podcast Website:  perspectivesworldwide.org IG:  @PerspectivesWorldwide Josue IG:  @ButtermanJosue Chase IG:...

Neb, Lead Pastor of Pathway City Church and leader in the Dallas area joins Josue and Chase. Neb shares about some of his most valuable practices and lessons learned related to time management, leadership, taking risks and delegation. He also shares his favorites parts of his native culture, Ethiopian culture.   We discuss being aware of the season you're in for managing time, honoring the start a...

Josue and Chase sit down and discuss Josue's recent trip to New York City. Josue shares what was on the agenda for this scouting trip with First Colleyville, the purpose of the trip, his thoughts on NYC lifestyle/culture, and the personal benefit of just getting out and traveling again.   We discuss relational vs. transactional ministry, partnering with locals on service trips, what to have in a s...

First Episode of 2021 and First Episode recorded in Chase's new Townhome! Josue and Chase bring out the mics and have a conversation about honoring parents, how the role of parents changes as their kids grow up, boundaries in the parent-child relationship, and difference in parenting in Congolese and American culture.   We discuss how to handle the child-parent dynamic as you go through young adul...

Chichi, worship leader, frequent traveler, and friend of Josue and Chase joins us. Chichi shares his favorite memories and lessons from his times traveling and his thoughts about unity, discipleship, worship, and retreats.   We discuss humility being a prerequisite for unity, how the access we have to each other now affects unity, the difference between discipleship and mentorship, the magnifying...

Mo, a traveling photographer, photojournalist, and friend of Josue and Chase joins us. Mo shares the message behind his recent project "Worship," his story of coming to faith at 16, stories from some of his international trips to Burundi, Rwanda, and Haiti, and how he shares the message of the Kingdom in his work.   We discuss his calling to photography, how his travels and photography shaped the...

Leah Beth, a musical theatre performer and current resident of NYC joins us. LB shares her story of coming to faith through doubts and asking questions, finding her love for musical theatre, how she sees God in the depth of her creative projects, living by faith in NYC, and how The Hang NYC started.   We discuss if ones faith can be genuine without doubt or struggle, the difference between doubt a...

Hey Ya'll! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We wanted to release a brief, almost-end-of-the-year update to let ya'll in on some of the fun stuff going on with Perspectives and the Podcast. Josue recently started a new pastoral role at First Colleyville, fundraising for Josue's upcoming Brazil leadership training trip, a financial update for Perspectives, reaching six months of outreaches in Fort...

Paul, an artist, producer, and creative know as WYLD joins Josue and Chase from the UK! Paul shares a little about his faith journey, his start in music, the message behind his recent collaborative effort "Solitude Project," and how 2020 has significantly shaped his faith and prayer life.   We discuss coming to know more of God through creativity, what God is trying to do through the uniqueness of...

Street Hymns, Christian battle rapper, amateur farmer, and  friend of Josue and Chase joins us. Street shares his story and testimony, his start in music, memories and lessons from his trip to Israel with Israel Collective, the mission of Behind Every Door, and the vision for his upcoming project, "Happy Holidays?"   We discuss curiosity, the inexhaustibility of God, overemphasis of teaching in th...

Alex, founder of God Knows Apparel, friend of Josue and Chase joins us. Alex shares his story of growing up in a Korean and Baptist family, his perspective on the cultural conversation surrounding race, and what Asian and American culture can learn from each other.   We discuss unique experience traveling the world, being bilingual, wrestling with feelings of dishonoring his parents, definitions o...

In this episode, Josue, Grayson, and Chase go through a reintroduction of sorts for Perspectives and share how the mission/vision of the organization has grown over the last year!   We discuss what Perspectives is, who's involved in the nonprofit, the programs we operate to achieve our charitable mission, our partnership with Alphalete, where we need donors/volunteers to come alongside us, and wha...